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Mother found negligent for child's injuries after using wrong car seatA mother who put her three-year-old daughter in a car booster seat has been found partly responsible for her crippling car crash injuries by the High Court because it was the wrong seat for her age.

The Mayor can boost London’s economyThe latest poll in the mayoral contest puts Boris Johnson ahead of Ken Livingstone by a short head, though by a larger margin than the YouGov poll earlier this week. The interesting aspect of it is why. What emerges from the findings is that Mr Johnson is trusted on the economy: those surveyed favour him in a recession.

Confidence is the key to rising out of this double dipIt was probably around early February that hopes rose that Britain would dodge a double-dip recession. Chief executives had returned to their desks from the Davos summit with new impetus, export orders were flickering back to life and inflation had begun to fall. There was a mounting sense that 2012 was going to be a big improvement on 2011. Accordingly, economists were revising their forecasts up, not down.

Harder edged Nissan GT-R
The Nissan GT-R Track Pack is now available, with the first deliveries arriving in Nissan High Performance Centres imminently.
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Londoners on the Left do not have to vote for KenI understand why many voters on the progressive wing of politics are struggling with voting for Ken Livingstone. His campaign has been sad, desperate and divisive. He has just one big idea — a seven per cent cut in Tube fares. It’s a perfectly decent policy at a time when fares have risen for years on end but the problem is he can’t do it and he knows it.

Lucy’s a heroine for women who don’t want kidsA funny thing happens if you say you don’t want children. Distant rellies/colleagues/people you have only just met think it is acceptable to reply, “Oh, you’ll change your mind,” accompanied by a knowing look, as though they think they can shine a spotlight on your soul and see maternal impulses unknown to you.